Australia Immigration SkillSelect Invitation Round – 25 May 2020

Australia Immigration SkillSelect Invitation Round Update

Invitation rounds for Australia Immigration under Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored visas are run once a month.

25 May 2020 Result

The Department of Home Affairs issued 650 invitations on 25 May 2020. 550 invitations were issued under Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and 100 invitations were issued under Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored.

Visa subclass	Invitations Sent	Cut Off Score
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	550	85
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored)	100	70

The invited candidates will have 60 days to submit their application for Australia Immigration.

Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 25 May 2020 invitation round

Due to high levels of demand, and in keeping with previous years, the below occupation groups will be subject to pro rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the program year:

Sub Class	Occupation ID	Description	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
189/491	2211	Accountants	N/A	N/A
189/491	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2334	Electronics Engineer	N/A	N/A
189/491	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	N/A	N/A
189/491	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	N/A	N/A
189/491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	N/A	N/A

Invitations issued during 2019-20 program year

Visa subclass	SC 189	Family SC 491	Family SC 489	Total
Jul	1000	N/A	100	1100
Aug	100	N/A	100	200
Sep	100	N/A	100	200
Oct	1500	N/A	–	1500
Nov	250	N/A	–	250
Dec	250	200	N/A	450
Jan	1000	300	N/A	1300
Feb	1000	500	N/A
Mar	1750	300	N/A	2050
Apr	50	50	N/A	100
May	550	100	N/A	650
Jun			N/A
Total	7550	1450	300	9300

Note: The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa sub-classes 190 & 491 (State and Regional Nomination) as State and Territory Governments nominate applicants throughout the year as per their own criteria.

Source: Department of Home Affairs

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